Selection Impact
Gambhir’s comments also point to how India may balance the side: he favours five proper bowlers because it gives the attack more rotation and more wicket-taking options. That makes Kuldeep Yadav’s role conditional on conditions and on how the captain wants to use the spin group, rather than on a fixed pecking order.
Next Test
India’s second and final Test against Sri Lanka starts on August 22 in Colombo.